Nevada Division of State Parks has approximately $1.2 million in grant funds from the Recreational Trails Program of the Federal Highway Administration to hand out. Applications are due March 7 by 5pm. Federal, state, city and county governments, special governmental districts, trail organizations and private individuals are potentially eligible for the grants. The 2014 Grants […]
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David Foster, international artist and sculptor will share via slide show his life in the little Tuscan town of Pietrasanta, Italy. This is where he selects his marble directly from the quarry for his carvings. Foster taught at Lake Tahoe Community College for 32 years. The Jan. 12 5pm event is free at Hope Lutheran […]
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• Après Wine Co. in South Lake Tahoe celebrated its fifth anniversary on New Year’s Eve. • The Bay Area is one of the top 10 metro areas in the U.S. for Burton. That’s why the sporting good company just opened flagship stores in Berkeley and San Francisco. It proves why Lake Tahoe depends on […]
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Lake of the Sky Outfitters is hosting a ladies night on Jan. 17 from 6-9pm. For the first hour it’s about shopping. All apparel and footwear in stock is 40 percent off. Then at 7pm the movie “Climb Against the Odds, Mt. McKinley”, the story of the 1998 all women’s expedition for Breast Cancer, will […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will putting on a webinar to explain the final Land Management Plan. The webinar will be Jan. 14 from 2-3pm. The webinar will explain the plan, highlight changes from the draft, and outline the remainder of the plan revision process and include a brief presentation, followed […]
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Submissions are being sought for the inaugural White House Student Film Festival. It’s a video contest created for K-12 students. Finalists will have their short films shown at the White House. Finalist videos may also be featured on the White House website, YouTube, and social media pages. Films should address at least one of the […]
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• Truckee is recycling Christmas trees at the Tahoe Donner Clubhouse through Jan. 27 and curbside Jan. 13-17. Trees must not be decorated. And those placed at the curb must be cut into 3-foot segments. • Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for next week. • As a fundraiser, Thunderbird Lake Tahoe […]
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The 1947 postcard is labeled “The Harbor at Bijou Park”, which was established in 1939. For comparison, to the left is the 2014 view of the marina. For fun, below are two unidentified young ladies circa 1950s. At left, you can see the footbridge across the waterway which existed until about 1997. — Bill Kingman
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• Zephyr Cove Tennis Club Friends is hosting a Five at Five Social on Jan. 18. For $5 starting at 5pm people may eat all the chili they can at Coyote Grill in Zephyr Cove. • The first public electric vehicle charging station in the Carson Valley has been installed on Eddy Street next to […]
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Applications for the 2014-15 California Senate Fellows Program and Assembly Fellowship Program are available for interested college graduates. The programs provide college graduates an opportunity to become full-time Senate or Assembly staff members at the Capitol for 11 months beginning next fall. Fellows are assigned to the personal or committee staff of a Senator or […]
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